Lady Gaga credits her grandmother with changing her life.
The ‘Stupid Love’ hitmaker has said her grandmother was a source of support for her after she was raped as a teenager, and says she convinced the singer to pick herself back up and “make a real change in this world”.
When asked to name the one person who changed her life, she said: “My grandmother. After I was raped, I cried on her couch for days. Eventually she turned on MTV and told me to look up. A female artist was performing. My grandmother said, ‘I’ll let you cry the rest of the day, but then tomorrow you’re going to go back out and make a real change in this world. No more tears tomorrow.’ “
Gaga also heaped praise on her younger sister, Natali Germanotta, whom she listed as one of her “heroes” because of her “abundantly good and pure” nature.
Naming one hero, she added: “My sister. I love her heart, her mind, her nature, which is abundantly good and pure. Her ability to laugh during hard…